Tzuyi Tseng

Présentation

I am looking for a postdoctoral position in neurolinguistics.

My research focuses on understanding how the human brain and mind organize linguistic features during speech processing by investigating two main questions:

How are speech sounds, word meanings and emotional cues encoded and decoded during speech perception and production?

How does our native language influence the way we hear, understand, and learn a foreign language?

Along my research journey, I explored semantic and phonological associations in the mental lexicon during my MA in Linguistics (National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2020). Then, I studied sensorimotor representations for native and non-native phoneme perception during my PhD in Neuroscience (Université Lumière Lyon 2, France, 2025). Through my research in psycho- and neurolinguistics, I have developed expertise in:

fMRI experiments (3T sparse/continuous sequence)

multi-voxel pattern analysis (Nilearn, scikit-learn, rsatoolbox)

Statistical analysis/programming (Python, R)

Speech processing (Praat)

Having recently defended my doctoral thesis (January 2025), I am actively and autonomously developing my research career. I’m always open to brainstorming new research ideas and building potential collaborations, especially within (but not limited to) my current research interests in cognitive psycho- and neurolinguistics with cross-linguistic comparison, focusing on:

sensorimotor representations in language processing

speech processing of articulatory features

prosodic encoding of emotions

structure and access of the mental lexicon

Please feel free to get in touch!

You can find me on my acdemic profile, Bluesky, and GitHub.Feel free to reach out via email: tzuyitseng.neuroling@gmail.com : )

Publications

Article dans une revue (1)

Embodied speech: Sensorimotor contributions to native and non-native phoneme processing and learning Tzuyi Tseng,Jennifer Krzonowski,Claudio Brozzoli,Alice Catherine Roy,Véronique Boulenger Neurobiology of Language, 2026, 7, ⟨10.1162/nol.a.215⟩ Article dans une revue halshs-04836272v5

Pré-publication, Document de travail (1)

Decoding Phonetic Features: Somatotopic and Sensorimotor Representations in Native and Non-native Consonant Perception Tzuyi Tseng,Simon Thibault,Jennifer Krzonowski,Mélanie Canault,Alice Royet al. 2026 Pré-publication, Document de travail halshs-05583030v1

Thèse (1)

Sensorimotor representations for native and non-native phoneme perception Tzuyi Tseng Neuroscience. Université Lumière - Lyon II, 2025. English. ⟨NNT : 2025LYO20003⟩ Thèse tel-04988192v2

Communication dans un congrès (2)

Sensorimotor coding for native and non native phoneme perception: An fMRI study Tzuyi Tseng LingLunch, Université Paris Cité, Sep 2025, Paris, France Communication dans un congrès hal-05291011v1
Decoding degraded speech in the motor cortex Tzuyi Tseng,Jennifer Krzonowski,Alice Catherine Roy,Claudio Brozzoli,Véronique Boulenger Embodied and Situated Language Processing (ESLP), Oct 2024, Berlin, Germany Communication dans un congrès hal-04914622v1

Poster de conférence (2)

Beyond speech production: sensorimotor contribution to native and non-native phoneme perception. Tzuyi Tseng,Jennifer Krzonowski,Alice Catherine Roy,Claudio Brozzoli,Véronique Boulenger ISSP 2024: International Seminar on Speech Production, 2024, Autrans, France Poster de conférence halshs-04649741v1
Cortical representations for native and non-native phoneme perception Tzuyi Tseng,Jennifer Krzonowski,Alice Catherine Roy,Claudio Brozzoli,Véronique Boulenger SNL 2023: Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Oct 2023, Marseille, France Poster de conférence halshs-04664670v1